On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 00:19 +0200, Lennart Poettering wrote:
Try "pulseaudio -k" first to shut down the running instance.
[mike@scrappy ~]$ pulseaudio -k [mike@scrappy ~]$ pulseaudio -vv I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit! D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules//module-hal-detect.so': success I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1039_7012_alsa_capture_1 D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device=hw:1 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_1039_7012_alsa_playback_0' ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1351:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card E: module-alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device hw:1: No such device E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device=hw:1 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_1039_7012_alsa_playback_0"): initialization failed. D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1039_7012_alsa_playback_0 D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device=hw:1 source_name=alsa_input.pci_1039_7012_alsa_capture_0' ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1351:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card E: module-alsa-source.c: Error opening PCM device hw:1: No such device E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-source" (argument: "device=hw:1 source_name=alsa_input.pci_1039_7012_alsa_capture_0"): initialization failed. D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1039_7012_alsa_capture_0 D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1102_7_alsa_playback_3 D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1102_7_alsa_capture_3 D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1102_7_alsa_playback_2 D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1102_7_alsa_capture_2 D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1102_7_alsa_playback_1 D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1102_7_alsa_capture_1 D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device=hw:0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_1102_7_alsa_playback_0' ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1351:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card E: module-alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device hw:0: No such device E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device=hw:0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_1102_7_alsa_playback_0"): initialization failed. D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1102_7_alsa_playback_0 D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device=hw:0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_1102_7_alsa_capture_0' ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1351:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card E: module-alsa-source.c: Error opening PCM device hw:0: No such device E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-source" (argument: "device=hw:0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_1102_7_alsa_capture_0"): initialization failed. D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1102_7_alsa_capture_0 D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1102_7_alsa_midi_0 D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1039_7012_alsa_control__1 D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1102_7_alsa_control__1 I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 0 modules. I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #0; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #1; argument: ""). I: protocol-native.c: loading cookie from disk. I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #2; argument: ""). I: module-volume-restore.c: starting with empty ruleset. I: module.c: Loaded "module-volume-restore" (index: #3; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #4; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #5; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #6; argument: ""). D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules//module-x11-publish.so': success D: module-x11-publish.c: using already loaded auth cookie. I: module.c: Loaded "module-x11-publish" (index: #7; argument: ""). D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules//module-gconf.so': success I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #8; argument: ""). I: main.c: Daemon startup complete. D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
[mike@scrappy ~]$ aplay -D hw:0 /dev/urandom ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1351:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card aplay: main:545: audio open error: No such device
Apparently there is no sound card detected at all.
Please check wheter anything is listed in /proc/asound/cards. Check if you plugged everything in correctly.
[mike@scrappy ~]$ more /proc/asound/cards 0 [CA0106 ]: CA0106 - CA0106 Audigy SE [SB0570] at 0xe300 irq 22 1 [SI7012 ]: ICH - SiS SI7012 SiS SI7012 with ALC655 at irq 23
PulseAudio is not going to make your sound magically work if your sound card is not recognized at all by the Linux kernel.
Thanks for helping out so far. And as I stated originally (or I left it out), if I run the "Soundcard Detection" program, it finds the card as well as on board sound (SiS MB), and I can hear the sample sound it plays (speakers are pluggined into the Audigy SE card not the onboard).
So I don't get why it's not being picked up otherwise.